This page shows Torture in 20 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like hurt or pain. Useful when writing or proofreading a text.
Torture in a sentence
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Torture meaning
- The infliction of severe pain or anguish, especially as an interrogation technique or punishment; (usually in the plural) a technique, method, or device which is designed to inflict such anguish.
- Sexual activity involving the infliction of pain to a certain body part or in a certain manner.
Example sentences (20)
He said IS showed intolerance, brutality and extreme violence in torture, beheadings, drownings and “other outrages”.
For instance, there were signs of torture and rape on the bodies of two murdered teenagers when they were found.
A string of missed chances to help torture murder victim Jimmy Prout have been highlighted in a report published today.
But the cases of rape, torture, and forced marriages committed against minors are even more horrifying and infuriating).
AEW Rampage tonight will feature four matches, two promos, and an hour of absolute torture designed to bully The Chadster!
Every gross-out gag is used to chilling effect and household items like a cheese grater become horrifying torture devices.
It read: 'After all the pain, the rape, the abuse, the torture I have seen previously I didn't deserve this.
F*ck it, any level of cruel torture someone could devise wouldn’t even come close to the amount of misery they have caused.
In it, an entomologist is subjected to severe torture after being taken captive by the residents of a poor seaside village.
NPMs independent bodies that prevent torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.
During conflict, governments and armed groups often commit abuses such as torture, arbitrary detention, and sexual violence.
During a recent explosive interview with Pinkvilla, broke into tears as she recalled the torture the show’s team went through.
In footage of the exchange, provided by the charity Freedom From Torture, Salter said: “I am a child survivor of the Holocaust.
Kaili’s lawyers argue she was subjected to illegal surveillance, arbitrary detention and what amounts to “torture” while in jail.
As I have witnessed time and again in my correspondence and conversations with the condemned, capital punishment constitutes — torture.
His relative freedom allowed him to witness many instances of torture and a killing, he said.
Local media reported that in recent years ''methods of torture by Mexican criminal organisations have increased their level of cruelty''.
It was torture for the likes of Waggy (Dave Wagstaffe), Lofty (Phil Parkes) and Frank Munro.
The torture commission in October found that there was “credible evidence of torture” meriting judicial review.
It called on the US to ensure that “no coerced confessions, including confessions made under torture, are used as part of the prosecution”.
Common combinations with torture
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- torture and 45×
- of torture 44×
- the torture 17×
- to torture 16×
- and torture 13×
- torture of 9×
- including torture 7×
- torture in 5×
- against torture 5×
- torture is 5×
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